Saturday, November 7, 2009

Word Study: Maghreb

I wanted to look up this word because it is referenced a few times and I didn't understand it, so I was going to look it up anyway, and decided to post it here.


Maghrib |ˈməgrəb| (also Maghreb)

a region of north and northwestern Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and Egypt that comprises the coastal plain and Atlas Mountains of Morocco, together with Algeria and Tunisia and sometimes Tripolitania. Compare with Barbary .

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